“ANd what kind of relationship would that be with a KGB with virtues in the arts of deception, lying and back stabbing?”
Probably the same kind of relationship Reagan had with Gorbachev - even while Gorbachev ruled over a soviet empire that occupied half of Europe, far beyond any minimal ambitions of Putin
That too was a joke. What good is arms treaty deals when later China is more powerful, Russians cheat and we tacitly admit of being predators in need of bullet limits instead of waging privacy in arms, a garrantee for security?
Yeah, way to go.